7 Essential Tips For Divinity: Original Sin 2

[@gamespot]

Are you playing Divinity: Original Sin 2? What's your best tip?

[@verySharkey]

1st: try a 2 character party starting with the Lone Wolf perk, You can get one character to crazy heights and have a much higher capability for spellcombinations on a single character. 2nd: the opposite of explorer mode -> If you explore well you'll find yourself way ahead of the areas you are exploring relatively soon. Tactician might be hard on the first few hours but once you are well equipped you can do very well!

[@seaking5197]

I like using the same type of damage on all my characters, that makes it easier to get past the armour/magic armour and land those stat effects. My 4 physical damage party has a polymorph/knight, a necro/healer, a wayfarer and a shadowblade. I have a really easy time applying status effects but most enemies die before the status effects end so it's not that great. But it's still a good strategy.

[@BiffyC]

1) have a character invest into thievery and pickpocket your way around the world. But to avoid the risk to capture only steal money and skill books (use immediately), and then use that money to buy gear. 2) Rupture Tendons (Scoundrel skill) and Chicken form is an insanely powerful combination.

[@Konuvis]

You can only pickpocket characters once so I almost recommend waiting to do it. for example I pickpocketed a bunch of people in Fort joy at the beginning but once I reached level 4 their inventory upgraded with the lvl 2 skill books and I couldn't steal those.

[@remonvanlieshout5401]

Fane can lockpick without the need of lockpicks. So you can sell those for extra cash or gear.

[@purplefreedom1631]

Combine your shoes with nails, it makes you immune to slipping on ice

[@starless4146]

Really?? Hmm..........

[@Dead25m]

*FORCEFULLY HAMMERS NAIL IN SHOES WHILST STILL WEARING THE SHOES*

[@ilsgrade8357]

@@Dead25m"arrrgggghhhhh!!!!!!, that's the painful feeling of unlimited GRIP!!!" .....Probably some unknown adventurer who died of tetanus

[@katerinaFM]

Use custom map markers!!! The quest system doesn't hold your hand and if you're not paying attention you might be unable to blindly follow a map marker. Mark down places of interests, quest NPCs, ANYTHING that looks interesting and you might want to come back to later. Trust me, it'll make a ton of difference.

[@AdnanAhmed]

I did that a lot in Original Sin. It is one of those little things which made the game so much more enjoyable.

[@katerinaFM]

It's been a necessary thing in their Divinity series since Divine Divinity (a million times more in that game hahah).

[@Luckmann]

"The quest system doesn't hold your hand" Dude, the quest system is holding my hand so hard it doesn't even let go once the quest is over, what the hell are you talking about?

[@katerinaFM]

Hahah, by holding your hand I mean in your typical rpg fashion where you can just blindly follow a map marker and complete the quest without even having to pay attention! Hopefully they'll fix the quest log bug!

[@YourVideosDogchitHeresWhy]

There's literally giant red flags on the mini map tf you mean

[@hungryhungryhobo196]

My favorite combo so far that is a little broken is to give a rogue some polymorph skill and the chicken claw ability. Get behind them, knock that armor off, used ruptured tendons then turn them into a chicken. Ruptured tendons deals damage with every step they take and a chicken just runs around aimlessly.

[@OnyxIdol]

It is actually amazing that you can do this in the game.

[@hungryhungryhobo196]

It's hilarious. Next play through everyone gets chicken claw.

[@aarontyeryar8108]

That is brilliant! Funny, fucked up, absolutely savage, but brilliant nonetheless. 😂

[@serdarkocaer4624]

Ja j

[@DaddyC95]

Bed rolls are unlimited use

[@wilkinson6400]

And ress scrolls can just be given to other party members when the one carrying is dead

[@wilkinson6400]

They also forgot to mention there is a quick load feature so you dont have to esc load and find the save

[@thefool8224]

you can also cast them directly from their inventory if you control them.

[@MrGodKratos]

My bed rolls are not unlimited use...my party shits themselves after every battle... :(

[@Faytesoul]

no. Only if you are near the dead

[@or10nsharkfin]

I'm sure plenty of people have already corrected this, but I feel compelled to do so myself: You only need one Bedroll. You don't have to fill your inventory with a lot of them, just grab the one when you're still on the ship and put it onto your hotbar. Every time you're out of combat, smash that button. Instant party heals. The Bedrolls are unlimited use.

[@MisfitManiacJoe]

Before you leave Fort Joy, make a note of where all the traders are. Get a character with decent Thievery 2+ is fine and go and pickpocket all the vendors, from doing this i got over 10 skill books, a couple thousand gold and about 8 resurrection scrolls. Make sure to run away as soon as possible once you've pickpocketed them though or they will chase you down and ask to search your inventory! Also when you've "finished" Fort Joy (you will know when you're ready to move on) all those Magisters are just walking around the fort... if i remember right they give 800xp each... would be a shame if something happened to them ;)

[@srenmikkelsen850]

Not needed at all though. Just saying. I had that amount of gold on all 3 playthroughs, and scrolls, and spellbooks. Sure, it's nice having the gold, but you'll end up drowning in gold later on anywho. So it's really just a waste of time. (Unless you enjoy it of course, then it's just a great thing!)

[@MrDagren]

If you're undead and they want to see your inventory, it's often enough to take off your mask/hat. A lot of traders will run away rather than fighting you.

[@azraeldusk2154]

Unlink the party member that does the pickpocketing and have the rest of the party be in direct sigth of the person you are releaving of the burden of personal possessions. Better yet have another party member actually talking to them. Gives you plenty of time to leave before they notice anything.

[@tabitodwyer7392]

thanks for that

[@marcoPallavicini]

@@MrDagren steal --> throw on the ground what you have stolen --> pass inventory check with no problem --> collect from the ground what you have stolen. Easy.

[@Hannabaro]

Some experiences I've collected: 1. Decide at the very beginning what kind of weapon you want to go into (finesse, strength, intelligence...) and only level this one up out of your attributes for max damage and max out the fitting combat skills for it. In my lone wolf playthrough for example I maxed up my summoning skill and then went into some other intelligence based combat ability and kept leveling up intelligence. 2. Summoning is pretty useful, especially because you can decide whether your summons and totems damage the enemies physical or magical armor. Check what resistances the enemies have, as well as their armor stats, and based on that you place your summon. Keep different types of grenades. They do shit damage, but they are super useful for creating a surface to infuse your summon with. 3. "stun lock" powerful enemies. Focus on them first and get either their magic or physical armor down and try to keep them unable of fighting as in stunning, freezing them, knocking em down or turning them into chickens. 4. Fire and poison spells are the most useless, since both don't have an option to stun enemies. In addition, many enemies, especially eternals heal from poison. 5. Around end game, if you don't know where to spend your combat points on, put them into polymorph. It grants you attribute points, plus you can use useful polymorph skills like invisibility or skin graft (all spells cool downs are gone). 6. There is always new stuff to find. I finished my fourth playthrough today and each one I learned new things, found new stuff out and so on. It's fun to explore the different Charakters and different abilities and spells. 7. Use spirit vision!!! You can miss alot of things if not using it regularly , even little tiny details which ain't even that important, but interesting. Hope someone may finds this interesting and useful!

[@TheRecneps999]

Great tips, btw what is spirit vision? shift + alt?

[@ianemory5800]

Here's some tricks I like 1. If your finding a combat particularly difficult you can unlink your party members to make sure they're not grouped up. More importantly of you take a high initiative character you can move him away from the group have him draw all the eyes of the enemies and then sneak your other characters around wherever you want them to be and give them a free turn. 2. Talk to NPCs with different characters gives you different dialogue options. It helps to have one character whose really good at persuasion. 3. Movement abilities are the best in the game. Whether it's speeding up your character with haste or slowing down theirs with oil make sure you're always a step ahead. 4. Focus fire is very important especially since most conditions bleeding, burning, knockdown ext can only be applied once the enemies armor (magic and regular) have been drained getting their shields down is imperative. 5. Don't be Anakin. Get to the high ground first if you can and before the fight starts is preferable you'll do more damage and have more range. 6. Unlike most RPGs divinity encourages not just Min-maxing. While you should focus on only a free attributes skills from various classes and create devastating combinations. Playing a ranger? Put a point or two in another finesse class, scoundrel, and crank up that crit multiplier and learn get a invisible skill to put you on the high ground faster. Or give your cleric some necromancy to use some of their passive skills to heal yourself while using your healing for the party. Just keep tinkering and all will fall before your might. Good luck Godwoken and have fun.

[@danielszatmari3243]

warfare + pyro is also a nice combo

[@undertonebg]

Don't be Anakin. Have a like mate ;)

[@namekman01]

thumbs up for "dont be anakin"

[@tayyebmahmood7207]

@@namekman01 wats up with a akin?

[@R3TR0J4N]

For those exploits bed roll then skill before fight bugs the huntan effect Nah joke

[@ethanemerson4862]

If you want to be alone or with just one companion, take “Lone Wolf.” It makes you REALLY powerful, but you can only have one teammate. It doubles your stats and increases hp and armor by 30%. Why is hp and armor not doubled to? Well, you don’t have to split as much loot. Meaning you can keep all the good stuff for yourself and your one companion.

[@ilsgrade8357]

Yep. I prefer to play with 2 companions anyways. Keeps your fighting power more concentrated. It's riskier though.

[@irkalla100]

Very good tips! Bonus of skeletons: your fingers are lockpicks :D Also, another tip from experience: don't rush through act 1. I kinda did and had to start over because the boss between acts was way too high level for my party. So enjoy your stay in Fort Joy, walk around, enjoy the sights.

[@AdnanAhmed]

What really?! That is so f**** awesome

[@thepayne7862]

Playing as Lohse but on my second play through plan on playing as an Undead elf.

[@danielszatmari3243]

Bonus of lizards: your hands are shovels XD

[@Fenthule]

first boss in the game to frustrate me. took like 7 attempts. Felt like I was playing Xcom again LOL

[@namekman01]

lizard hands are shovels. so lizard undead dont need either shovels or lockpicks (i havent even played the game yet, its downloading and wana make sure im prepped. especially since i like to pick classes for roleplaying, and i hate min/max-ing)

[@sarefpl]

1. Teleport spell is your best friend in abusing some fights (like getting better position before) and getting to many places. 2. After you get teleporter pyramids you can do really cute trick with them which saves a lot of time. "Unchain" character so that he can travel by waypoint alone, use waypoint to town to buy/sell/identify things, use teleporter pyramid to get back to your group.

[@tritonneptune3834]

Lost my pyramids. I remember taking them but now they are no where to be seen

[@DeepbloodFang]

1. If one of your party members is a healer(Hydrosophist) I also advise to get them necromancer, it's an effective way to self sustain if your hydro healing spells are on cooldown. Also, necro skills scale with INT but they deal Physical damage, giving mages an extremely effective way to shave off armor on enemies at long range. If your character has both Hydro and Necro, you can get blood rain, which leads me to point 2 2. If you are playing an undead and since you can only heal yourself with either poison or necro skills, the talent Leech with the aforementioned blood rain is super effective way to heal. Ath the very most you can have 2 story driven undead characters in your team, so it's a good balance since your healer can heal both undead and living party members this way. 4. Healing spells are SUPER effective against undead, I've had my healer wipe and entire squad of undead enemies with Healing Ritual. 5 Melee fighters: Executioner talent is your BEST friend, also really effective for Rangers, trust me, that one point in warfare will be worth it. 6. Make sure one of your party members has high Wits, (Preferably the Ranger, or a Wizard with Savage Sortilege talent benefit the most), for a many helpful and necessary interactables are hidden. 7. Far out man talent for rangers and mages is a MUST. 8. Having one character some points invested in aerotheurge is very useful, because in Aero, you get nether swap, teleportation and tornado, 3 skills I find myself using very often to cross dangerous terrain or bring distant squishy enemies to striking range of my melee fighters. 9. Wizards benefit from Huntsman alot, so items that have +1 Huntsman for wizards is very useful, high ground damage boost is the shit.

[@purplefreedom1631]

Just to add on: Far out man also applies to basic attacks as well :) Good list, should also add that combining your shoes with nails gives immunity to slipping on ice

[@SmevMev]

Big change from Divinity: OS as well: NPCs notice that stolen items are missing now and will chase you down to search your party, if you don't make yourself scarce pretty sharpish

[@katerinaFM]

Good to know! I stole everything that wasn't nailed down in the first game hahah

[@SmevMev]

Me too. Picked up invisibility for my rogue, so now he can disappear, then everyone's valuables can too :P

[@katerinaFM]

Is that still a thing in DOS2? That's what I did in DOS1. Either was a rogue or picked the rogue companion and got rich lol

[@matt.oconnor]

PRO TIP: Steal skillbooks and consume them or combine. No theft proof. Drop stolen weapons armor rings etc in nearby barrels or on the ground. Let them inspect you IMMEDIATELY afterwards. Eaaaaasy. You can rob griffs Expensive Drudnae and drag it to other party inventory and drop it to the ground quickly somewhere. Give griff the double bird.

[@OneMoreShepard]

I stole 3800 gold, NPC caught me, I bribed him with 160 gold...

[@questor55]

DON'T take pet pal. You'll be having to tell bear cubs that their mother is dead, and putting sharks out of their misery. Its not pleasant work

[@Konpekikaminari]

I know what shark you're talking about As an Elf I ended up having to tell some kids their friend was eaten up

[@CountArtha]

Ifan has it at the start, so if you have him in your party it's redundant. That said, the critters can give you lots of hints. Every dungeon has at least one rat that knows exactly how to get past traps or doors. In Fort Joy there's even a dog that gives you a whole sidequest.

[@sh5463]

Sounds tantalising

[@Myratir]

Another tip is to surrender or avoid battles that are to difficult and go back later when your stronger. Enemies or areas are not scaled after you.

[@Nightenstaff]

Also, if a fight is slightly out of your reach, kill what you can safely and then leave the combat area. The living MOBs will reset and the dead MOBs stay dead.

[@Lostjayyhawk]

@Michael Mathers Ahh I see..like this? You're too kind for the grammar lesson, you douche.

[@theraven2448]

Biggest tip I can give as someone that has actually reached the end of the main story: DON'T RUSH THROUGH THE GAME. Seriously, though you might think that most sidequests are unimportant, or that you really should get on with the story, rushing through the game, keeping your aim on the main story will make the game so much worse, and by the time you reach the end, you'll have a bad taste in your mouth when you see all the hints at potential ends to game-long secondary storylines. So take your time, take your *long* time. Listen to the conversations, enjoy the music, find a toad to kiss. It'll improve it immeasurably.

[@Kuddochan]

I had a quest bugged early on which I couldn't finish (the one where Tarquin wants you to put together a particular weapon), only for me then to find out a week later that you apparently had to finish that quest in order to do one of the seemingly more interesting quests in the last Act. Sooo yeah I finished the main story earlier today but I never got to do that :/ I even had both parts of the weapon in my inventory still at the time, I just couldn't put them together lol

[@srenmikkelsen850]

Just play through it again. I am on my 3'd playthrough, and I took my time, in the first, then the second, and now in the third. And I continuesly discover something new. Spend 150 hours on the game, and i'm quite sure there are a lot of things I haven't discovered yet. First playthrough was, "Damn, there's a lot to do".. Second" Holy crap! I missed so much" Third : "Oh.. I missed that the last 2 times"

[@brianwinsboro4828]

The Raven As someone who's picking up the game today or tomorroe, thank you for this.

[@-pressxtostart-]

The Raven this comment is 10 months old, but i think youll be proud that ive spent about 10 - 15 hours already in the ps4 'demo' just doing the first hour or two over and over. Apparently act 1 is like 40 hours packed and i think ive only done about 2 quests in fort joy. I just keep trying new party ideas, checking dialogs, trying new ways. So, so good.

[@ilsgrade8357]

That's an inportant tip for every decent RPG out there imho.

[@Sedona_FD3S]

There’s going to be fire EVERYWHERE!! Get the rain skill ASAP!

[@Frankthegb]

"Also, make sure that every member of your party is carrying at least one [Resurrection Scroll] at all times. There's no point in having your main squeeze carrying them around, because if they go down, they'll take all the scroll with them." Eeeeexcept you can still use them from your avatar's inventory. Magic Pockets. It's kind of a big feature of the entire game's inventory system. You can use things from other peoples' inventories, even if they're dead.

[@KidsWithGuns1992]

First time playing divinity EVER on the PS4. It felt very difficult to get a handle of in the beginning - like a lot of stuff to learn all at once, I nearly just gave up on that alone. Fortunately I've played a few other games like this and had a general idea of how things usually work with this stuff. I stuck with it, and man this game is so addictive. If you enjoy strategy turn based games, this is perfect. I decided to play it how it was meant to be played, with the original level of difficulty. Meant sometimes I was stuck for a looooong time, but it makes me feel like when I was younger playing FF7 for the first time and I really had to stick at something to beat it. Games generally aren't as difficult these days, which is good and bad, but I do miss having a great challenge.

[@HeyFox101]

Please, don't mislead new players, playing an undead is overpowered. It's meta to pick an undead elf with pet pal trait. This way you will be able to: 1. Talk to animals. It often gives you a shortcut in quests. If you suspect a dude killed his wife, his cat would be the perfect witness. Might also provide you with info you never wanted to know, like how often he beats his meat. 2. Gain memory of dead people by eating their flesh. Pretty self-explanatory, also often used to open shortcuts in quests. Why wonder who is the murderer, if you, as an elf, can bite into the victim's butt and know for sure it was the butler who killed her? 3. Pretend being someone else. Undead can make and wear a mask that turns you into a creature of any of the playable races. Once again, very helpful, since more than half the people you meet on your way will be racist and will gladly tell their fellow racist secrets they keep from the pesky elves/dwarves/humans/lizards. 4.1 Get your "health" potions with zero effort. The living need ingredients for health potions, so they often crawl around woods searching for the right mushrooms. Undead can just haul around a barrel of poison and pour its' endless contents into vials. 4.2 There's items and spells that turn nearly any liquid into poison, simultaneously healing your undead ass and poisoning enemies, who just a second ago were sighing in relief they put out that huge fire with some water. 5. Play dead. Undead are basically animated corpses - they don't breath, they don't blink, their hands aren't shaking uncontrollably. All it takes for them to play dead is to stop moving. And that's one thing enemies can't counter - in any other situation they know how to use your weaknesses. They will heal undead, they will drain your armor or shields, depending on what's weaker, and etc. But when you play dead - they do nothing about it. They don't use AoE spells and abilities, don't drop bombs at you... They just... Ignore you.

[@religion_of_rage]

been playing undead every since buying the game 2 days ago. Had no clue i can make most of these things to use!

[@ghoulishgam3r508]

@@religion_of_rage undead also pick locks with their fingers, so no need to have lockpicks.

[@ColdSleep]

The video is on the money about undead. It's def not over-powered. It has advantages but it is still annoying AF to not have any way of healing yourself except through poison, especially as most parties will not have more than one geomancer. And relying on the undead character to heal themselves with potions leaves them vulnerable if several enemies decide to gang up on them once their turn has passed (which tends to happen regularly). Like sure you can play dead but that leaves you a man down. By the time one of your characters needs to pull a trick like that, in most cases you're not in a position to lose a character for a full three turns. Three turns is more than enough to lose a fight.

[@Konpekikaminari]

2.5: eating heads can sometimes grant skills There is a severed magister's head somewhere near the exit of Fort Joy (near Windego) that grants "spread your wings"

[@Alecvitkov]

My absolute favorite trick is to chat up one of the traders , then unlink my thief and rob them blind, then quickly run away with that character while still in conversation and just wait out the item search while grinning like the thief guild taught you. Great game have fun ;)

[@thewigglyninja]

cheeky... I like it...

[@NicoTown]

Me and a friend played it for the first time yesterday...we played for 16 hours straight, yes it is that fun.

[@bakasoraa]

My current game of the year.

[@Fenthule]

my current game of the past like.... decade lol

[@lWreyl]

One tip I've learned is that you should always un-link your characters before entering combat and make them sneak around to try to position them before combat starts. Another tip is if you have someone using daggers, make them sneak up behind an enemy and auto attack, it basically is a free attack before combat starts that doesn't use anything up, can be really nice for mini bosses

[@CobaltBlueMask]

I have to admit, doing full tip videos like this was an excellent idea. Thank you.

[@Wolfsheim23]

Other tips: Don't try to keep everyone set in one class. Multiclass everyone. Get self teleport or invisibility for everyone. Also use the hell out of your sneak and thieving abilities. You can really get ahead in the game by just sending your best rogue out into the world to explore an entire castle stealing everything and from everyones pockets. (Even the pictures on the walls) also Tactician Mode is way harder than Classic. Enemies have double health as well as lots of other buffs. But it's great for a second play through.

[@lordmcdude595]

It doesn't matter who's carrying the ressurection scrolls, after the person with them dies you can use them from their inventory. No, it doesnt cost an extra AP for picking it up.

[@TheSneat]

Great video, just one thing: Bedrolls are Infinite ^^

[@skyekross]

confirmed its unlimited. i use it to survive while burning alive lol

[@thepayne7862]

Will be 40 next year and I only play games on easy, I honestly do not care about a challenge anymore I just want to enjoy the game.

[@McMintyMP]

thepayne78 Great story you should write a book

[@howtindog]

thepayne78 same here

[@NatrajChaturvedi]

fine for this game imo but for some games like dark souls no challenge means no fun

[@AdnanAhmed]

Game combat is very challenging for people who aren't familiar with this type of game, explorer mode do not help much other than giving your player characters more boost. They are still same clever AIs in all modes.

[@thepayne7862]

You are very right about that Explorer mode still has a bit of a challenge.

[@oblivianji]

here are some more tips: - if you dont have a lizard in your party who can dig, grab yourself a shovel to get that buried treasure. - having points in necromancer causes you to be healed for a percentage of your damage; very handy for high damage classes. - use your bedroll just before combat for a little 3 turn boost. - if you dont want to save scum (or cant), focus one character in escapism to flee easily. a scoundrel works very well.

[@Crashed131963]

If your going into a fight at 100% rested how will a bedroll help.

[@kirkendauhl6990]

I have an undead character and I’m carrying around a barrel full of poison bc I’m pretty sure that’s unlimited use too. I’ve been poisoning every weapon and morsel of food I find since normal heals don’t work on me. I’m also an extremely new player so if there’s a better way let me know. Also! If you’re suspected of thievery, one thing I’ve done to avoid conflict is use the stolen item in a way that hides it. By that I mean if I steal nails, I’ll “hide” them by combining them with my boots so the character I stole from won’t recognize them.

[@SoundEssenceZ]

Resurection scrolls are not rare at all every merchants sell those

[@SmevMev]

They aren't cheap, I suppose, but it's not hard to find them around

[@assidbath94]

i assume he was referring to them being rare out in the open world........cause i agree they are not hard to find to buy, but you dont come across a whole lot in chests or what not.

[@Dangerardus]

In act I they're relatively expensive though

[@matthewtucker2103]

Take the side entrance into Ft. Joy. Avoiding Alex and Dallis is a good thing. Come back at a higher level, then stomp the crap out of Dallis using teleport, slow down effects, and ranged attacks. She drops a beastly 2h weapon that you can justify giving to a melee or a caster.

[@GronkGames]

Heads up on the Resurrection Scrolls, when you click the portrait of the character you want to bring back you can then choose the location by clicking the screen, noticed in this video you resurrected into fire, not ideal ;)

[@danielszatmari3243]

I think armor restoring abilities, both physical and magical, are way waaay more important than healing, not only it's the same effect (you can take more punches) but as long as you have armor, you can resist status effects: stun, shock frozen etc. Also have a rouge in the team that can open locks.

[@usssztorm1410]

''Bone character'' is the most OP, change my mind

[@schadenfreude6274]

Dear Bioware, THIS is how you make a GOOD RPG.

[@randomguy6679]

Ylendeth don't blame them, blame ea

[@cptfixer]

Ylendeth but they are two very different types of rpg, and it all comes down to an opinion, I personally still find me2 and da2 to be some of my favorite rpgs

[@SalazarCrow]

ye i agree fuck EA. E A GAMES RUINS EVERYTHING.

[@prismaticbeetle3194]

bioware are a corpse .. dont waste breath on corpses

[@GuardianStriker]

I think this deserves to be said to Bethesda more than Bioware.

[@Sup3rNoVa93]

Even if your main is dead, you can still send resurrection scrolls to party members from the inventory

[@robertelliott2216]

I'm finding DOS 2 extremely tense so tense in fact I haven't opened it yet!!

[@OdinsDadd]

Something about this game it's maybe the most addictive game I've played in a long time if not ever. It sticks in your mind and makes work a waiting game to get back to it.

[@stevemcgarry3639]

When you pickpocket, stand a team mate near the person that didnt steal and they talk to him first, let them search them. Once they are done, move the stolen items to that character and let them search you.

[@KoishNoish]

I'd add that whilst Res Scrolls are certainly valuable, and it's handy to buy them almost as often as you can, that they're not too hard to come by after escaping Fort Joy. There are a large number of traders and characters you can trade with from there onwards who can offer Res Scrolls fairly often, they restock every hour.

[@ilsgrade8357]

Poison barrels can be used to poison a weapon or create poison flasks with infinite uses. They take up 60 points of inventory weight though

[@Crim_Zen]

You later get a claw in the fort joy dungeon that does the same thing and weighs next to nothing. It's mostly for Fane though, since he needs his poison potions. I usually leave a box filled with barrels and crafting items at a waypoint and go there whenever I need to craft. That saves a lot more than 60 lb in my bag.

[@ilsgrade8357]

Divinity is like playing DnD alone with awesome visuals A giant awesome roleplay sandbox

[@Ravenor99]

A tip for every skeleton player: Combine a empty flask with a poison barrel - this will give you a poison potion (Which heals Skeletons) The barrel wont dissapear after your first few uses, you'll always have potions as long as you have empty flasks (They lay around and some merchants sell them) Thats way easier than buying regular potions to poison them

[@Ravenor99]

Just keep in mind that the barrel is pretty heavy and it will take you some inventory space

[@bartasaal1093]

My advice is to check all things u find, a lot of them are needed for example. essence of life+ essence of water + paper and u got ressurection scroll. I sell a lot of essence before i knew that it is useful.

[@XoADREADNOUGHT]

You might want to add comments to this video to let people know the game has changed a lot. For example, bedrolls are now infinite use. And you can put all of anything on one character, and cast them from downed characters. All in all, its as if the inventories of all characters are one unified inventory, with the only thing unique or specific to a character is A) The weight they can carry, and B) One character can make a trade with a merchant at once.

[@StevenTse]

just started to play it on switch, addicted!

[@starless4146]

LOL Me too!!!! Game is Confusing as HECK though...but I'm learning as I go along. I'm surprised it didn't talk about Online play.... A Few people Online randomly Joined my group (and I didn't even know it... I missed the Notification). Where are you in the game?

[@SmevMev]

Oh, just remembered another one - you're going to want a shovel, so stealing one from the kitchen area of Fort Joy, or buying one (can't remember who in the Fort Joy camp sells one) is a must, especially if you have a high-Wit character, who can spot secret digging spots

[@Konuvis]

Or use that stupid lizard as a shovel before I can't hold back from putting my blade in his back (yes I play Sebille :p )

[@SmevMev]

My Sebille takes her mind off irritating lizards by snuffling around for loot and eating corpses, but I think the Red Prince is perhaps getting a bit less obnoxious as time goes on, so I hopefully won't need to be getting any lizard tattoos anytime soon :P

[@veliis5536]

There's a free one outside of Fort Joy up on the broken bridge looking thing near a bedroll and I think a lame crate.

[@mcsuchnsuch]

I gotta give this game another try. I got so frustrated from dying so much, I traded the game. I see the potential of this game but I lack the patience and nerve to get a hang of it... it’s so much to take in because of its in-depth options of fighting and pre fight strategies. It’s a way different speed from the rpgs I usually play. I’ll take these tips and try it out again, thanks.

[@0plumber1]

I felt the first couple of hours were definitely difficult, learning the game while getting your back side handed to you is not fun, yet overcoming and slowly inching your way forward by picking and choosing your fights is best strategy and awesome when you get past those walls. Keep trying, it's such a great game. Trial and perseverance.

[@jaraf4]

Respect to the developers, there are so many options in this game

[@jacobsenior3126]

Get flight and teleport for as many characters as possible. Re-position yourself and enemies to suit your party composition in fights, and reach nice loot using teleport and flight outside of battle.

[@themagescorner]

Steal as much as you can! Invest in thievery, seriously, so u can steal skill books, precious items, scrolls etc. Btw, easy way to steal: talk to vendor, while dialogue is up, thief goes behind and steals. Then either i) throw stolen stuff on floor and get examined (nothing happens) or ii) as soon as dialogue is closed everyone run away quick like 1-2 screens, vendor searches for thief, wait a bit, then come back. Easy. :)

[@cembanditx1]

Fane...combine poison barrel and single empty potion bottles to get poison. Carry barrel in backpack for infinite fills. Combine poison potions to get stronger poison. Doesn't work with stacks, which is annoying.

[@IAmKnightsDawn]

One more recommendation: make sure the person who has Pet Pal also has at least 2 points in Persuasion. This will help as this way, that person can deal with all conversations without worrying about messing up a speech check.

[@steerj07]

Get Persuasion up to at least 5 on your main character to save a trip back to the ship at end game.

[@JonicSc2Strategy]

You dont really need to spread out your resurrection potions. After a character died you can move his inventory items around without ap cost.

[@Dangerardus]

Not while in a battle you can't

[@Scorch297]

Rain nourishes the land Seriously though, elemental surfaces are a big deal in this game. If you are playing on a harder difficulty such as honour mode, consider using rain to prep the battlefield before a tough fight. if you cover an area with water, you can electrocute it, or use contaminate to poison the water. If you contaminate, you can use a fireball to create a massive fire field.

[@Scorch297]

Also on honour mode, get the escapist talent and don't be afraid to smash that mf flee button.

[@sienafrance5955]

"It is not just savescuming, just play tactical". :)

[@ChicoAzevedo]

Teleport spell or Teleport gloves. Then teleport your enemies above other enemies to give them extra damage or teleport them into the fire, water or poison. How about you teleport your enemy in the middle of your group or in front of your party member that got that transform into chicken ability? You got the idea. ;)

[@treedog4692]

Pet pal is so important that is should just be a basic part of every character

[@SuperBackBacon]

1. Start a 2-player campaign with a mate. 2. Pick Lone Wolf 3. ??? 4. Profit

[@paulshumway9538]

i dotne have friends lol then what

[@CasepbX]

Save scumming? Never heard of it. So taking advantage of quick save now has a negative label eh? Stay classy internet.

[@stochastic24]

Taking advantage of quicksave is using quicksave to save time, that is why it is called quicksave. Loading when your party dies is called loading and is used to not start at the beginning when your party dies. Constantly saving and loading to get the results you want and circumvent the game mechanics is called save scumming and is similar to cheating. Yes it has a negative label as people don't really respect others who cheat on such an easy game.

[@DogInatutu]

@@stochastic24 Its not cheating, and anyone who thinks they can tell me what's right or wrong in a singleplayer game I bought can blow me.

[@stochastic24]

@@DogInatutu lol, cheat if you want bro, but why you gotta lie to yourself about it?

[@DogInatutu]

@@stochastic24 I will, I'll quicksave just for you bby

[@KidsWithGuns1992]

@@stochastic24 How in the hell is it cheating if it's an in built game mechanic? I'm gonna quicksave like it's the second coming. And YOU BET I'll quickload if I don't get the outcome I want, fuck what you fat weebs say.

[@furybanana2427]

the best tip is to play the game first and make sure you do all the quest...exp and free item is better then a free bed specialy when you can travel with one...

[@hazzadorgamin1219]

I just bought the first one on Xbox it's pretty good👌

[@luckann]

The 2nd one is a lot better so then it will certainly not dissapoint!

[@hazzadorgamin1219]

luckan99 Man tbh I hated it first this type genre of turn based combat but the sheer amount of content is available is amazingly good and all for 10 bucks!!As for this one I did Hear some good things on PC it's sold over 500k copies already lol.Can't wait for next one!

[@NatrajChaturvedi]

I had mixed feelings about the first but this one is definitely better. I cant really put my finger on what it is about the tone of the story thats changed but there's certainly more role playing to be had and as anyone will tell you, the combat has been expanded and polished up a bit.

[@CountArtha]

I really wish the main menu _explained_ the difficulty levels. EASY = Story Mode. MEDIUM = Explorer Mode. HARD = Classic Mode. Story Mode doubles your health, armor, and damage while halving the unfriendly NPCs. Explorer Mode raises yours by 50 percent and lowers the NPCs' by 50 percent, and Classic Mode puts you on even terms with the NPCs.

[@sandywandyy]

FINALLY something challenging!

[@GreeneAgeMedia]

If the person that dies has rez scrolls, you can still use them from other characters. I found that out and it was a life saver, literally.

[@sharpshot621]

Other tips i recommend: Get the rain spell but ANY means, it will save your ass If you don't want to waste a companion class slot just level up a character's hydromancy and buy the restoration spell Get the teleport gloves at fort joy, the spell is more versatile than you think Dedicate persuasion to one character and use them as your party's spokesperson

[@X3n0n182]

I hate how rain doesn't 100% clean the ground and leaves puddles remaining of poison, blood etc. lol

[@sharpshot621]

@@X3n0n182 that is kinda frustrating but you could always use a pyro to burn that out or use spells that boost your magic or physical armor

[@X3n0n182]

@@sharpshot621 Ye, extra cleaning for us smh 49h in so far and I've only made it to Driftwood xd

[@sharpshot621]

@@X3n0n182 i made it to lvl 12 before i had to restart my game because i built my character's wrong and I only now realize how frustratingly long and tedious this game is 😂 ... but it's kind of addicting so I just.have to kinda power through it

[@X3n0n182]

@@sharpshot621 You could have used respec mirror to entirely change your character's build if that's what you mean or lowered difficulty

[@farmsalot1233]

I've considered buying a laptop just for this game.

[@NatrajChaturvedi]

it will come out on consoles at some point.. that console market is too juicy for game companies to ignore. Hence the presence of games like xcom, dos1, poe and even pubg on consoles

[@polishhammer1992]

Bruh. Desktop > Console > Laptop. Don't make the mistake of getting a laptop or overspending on a gaming laptop.

[@olaf8376]

consider buying a desktop instead

[@daybin5303]

Anthony Tosh So what did you do in the end? Did you wait or not

[@jcastro953]

You can use a controller too! You have to be on the main menu to when you turn your controller on. If the game recognizes it it'll fad to a selection screen that will let you choose how you want to play the game. On the Xbox controller it's hit A button to activate it or any key on the keyboard for keyboard and mouse. If the input screen doesn't auto show, hit the escape key to get there. Alternatively, if you're already using a controller and want to go back to keyboard and mouse you'll need to go back to the main menu screen and hit the B button to show the input screen. Using the controller will offer some unique controls for the game. Holding A will search an area in a radius around the character you're controlling and a list of things you found will pop-up. You'll also notice that the whole game interface has changed to accommodate the use of a controller. This is a real nice option for playing the game on the couch!

[@FarSolar]

It's also a good sign that the game should be able to be ported over to consoles without major difficulty. They used the same engine to port over DOS: EE and have already created the whole interface for controller use.

[@Blondesax]

Was just thinking the same thing. DOS:EE was terrific on console, so I'm hoping for a not-forever-away release date for this game on console this time.

[@ChicoAzevedo]

I have the xbox one controller on my pc. The force feedback (rumble) is not working. I am thinking how cool the magic will be shaking your controller. But it wont work. Any tips?

[@Crashed131963]

You can go to inventory in mid battle and even use scrolls from a dead party member.

[@Exosfear13]

1 member dead, the rest 3 are full health, voidwoken and magister lackies dead, alexander to be the last standing, man.. feels good after a million times of trying.

[@MissionControl-]

I love how you perfectly explain save scumming and then try to say it's not save scumming. xD

[@andersonanderson1009]

Resurrection Scrolls are only "rare" if you never actually pickpocket. Many vendors have them and if you pickpocket anything it should be these. I've got a stack of 30 at level 10.

[@CountArtha]

Also, the biggest advantage of playing Undead is that you get the free skill "Play Dead," which is WAY better than Adrenaline for avoiding aggro (as long as you aren't the tank in your party).

[@Czesnek]

Playing as an undead makes this game even more easier... Just wear a hat and no one will attack you for no reason.

[@RRRRRRRRR33]

I still remember my haughtiness when I started the original game, lol "I finished dozens of rpgs before, tactical shit or not... So give me that tactical difficulty, no prob"... man, I got frustrated so quickly, lol You can't commit mistakes in that game (and things must be the same in the sequel), sometimes it's even more relentless than games like Xcom. Divinity is perfectly designed to leveling up your characters just enough for the occasional boss battles, you can't grind and that can scary a lot of new potential players, it scared me at first. I remember simple zombies in the first area using electric magic in the rain, it makes zero fucking sense, just to make the game harder, lol Saving scum or not, that tactical difficulty should be avoided by all newcomers. After you finish on classic (it has plenty of hard battle as well), mastering all the nuances of combat and shit, then the tactical difficulty becomes a viable option.

[@DarkRaikon]

One thing... if your main die just open the inventory and use the scrolls that on him/her

[@darlanmaia1154]

use lone wolf and be a badass

[@religion_of_rage]

i just bought the game 2 days ago. Had a party of 4 in regular storymode made it to saving gareth mission, started new profile picked a undead elf knight with lonewolf and got sebille scoundrel as my only companion, litterally badassing through all the bosses i had issues with. Sebille in storymode with rogue abilities was the only member in my party that i actually new some badass combos with. Super deadly in combination with a pyromancer lone wolf knight. At least so far!

[@nado1908]

resurrection scrolls are only rare for the first few hours, I'm at act 4 and I have so many I have no idea what to do with them.

[@TheZombieMasta]

I've only played tactician mode since release, now Im not trying to boast or anything but it is the best way to go, it is incredibly difficult in the first play-through but it makes you far better at the game

[@LandTorpedo69]

I just started I have no idea what I'm suppose to be doing and just got face rolled by a group of frogs

[@IamHat]

I stopped playing for a while after the same thing happened to me. Then on replay I figured out formations and initiative. I still avoided the frogs but at least I learned that starting with a decent position in a fight gives you soo much more of a chance than just targeting one enemy at a time or fighting to get the high ground while all the other ass whole poison frogs take advantage of you.

[@athlavard]

"Its not save scumming, its playing tactically." This had me laughing obnoxiously loud. :D

[@OinkOinkOinkOink]

steal some skill books at the beginning on traders. Learn the skill right away because NPCs will seach your poket for it.

[@user-mu8ok5xf8d]

I’m on my first play through using a dwarf fighter I made. I’m planing on using a lizard man on the next one and focus summoning and polymorph and make a kind of shapeshifter character

[@warhammerbook887]

Lone wolf perk seem better then two other party members when use a lizard fighter guy

[@MRWNDEX]

Should I pick pet pal or something else?

[@franciscoastorga8299]

This game is kicking my ass. I love it.

[@mxcherryblue5943]

Should i quicksave after a quick save?

[@Benjaminkristensen]

Thanks for the advice.

[@justifythemean7139]

7 tips for DOS2.....Take Pet Pal......close video.

[@raptor152]

Great tips guys.

[@Chimiri88]

Just cancelled my pre order of Assassin Creed Origins for this game. Just bought 1 & 2. Cannot wait :))

[@ghoulishgam3r508]

First game to make me lose 2 hours of progress because i took a boat ride.

[@CATELlegend1]

death fog, huh? you should save more often

[@bertvsrob]

i love doing crazy damage elemental chain reactions.. accidentally

[@Pond721]

First time playing, on the second difficulty, classic I think. I have 27 resurrection scrolls around 9000 health on all my party members, I chose a custom character, and Im level 20 with all level 20 gear on Arx... only died around 100 times in the first 4 hours I played, wasnt used to this combat

[@modernlion2372]

This was a while ago but the one about the res scrolls being unusable if the char carrying them dies is untrue, others can cast directly from that persons inventory.

[@okccitizen4400]

Dope game more!! More games like this?